Early on Monday the terrorists opened fire with mortars and Grad multiple rockets launchers on a column of refugees in Khriaschuvate and Novosvitlivka villages in the Luhansk region

"About 09.40 am, when refugees were taken from Khriaschuvate and Novosvitlivka villages, the militants conducted a massive fire strike against this column with mortars and Grad multiple rocket launchers," he said.

"As a result, there are many casualties. The people burned right in the cars in which they were evacuated. They were simply unable to get out of the vehicles in which they were being evacuated," Proshyn said.

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